DEC 14 Both eagles arrived at nest at 5:50 PM

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I arrived at the nest site around 5:00 PM and found Desiree and Jose there. They had been waiting for over an hour and had not seen any eagles. It was getting dark and we were about to leave. Desiree had already carried her camera to her car across the street when at about 5:50 PM both Pride and the new female suddenly flew in from the WSW. They flew in front of the nest and both settled briefly on the dead roost tree along the road to the east.



Then both flew up and circles the nest tree. Pride flew towards the melaleuca snags to the west and the female flew to the SE, perhaps to roost deeper in the "eagle forest." nearer to SW 208th Avenue. This photo was taken at 6:00 PM.



We left the site about 6:15 PM PM when it was very dark. It was too dark to get decent photos but they do document that this was the new female. We can speculate that they were spending the day together as they appeared at the same time. It seems to indicate that Pride is bonding with the new female but their absence from the nest during the daytime may mean that breeding is not imminent and maybe will not occur this season.